Comments on: GAO: Reduction In Violence Due To ‘Ethnically Cleansed Neighborhoods’ In Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:55:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: willyloman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139816 willyloman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:34:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139816 The situation in Anbar is the same... We have struck a deal with the Sunni Insurgancy Leaders to arm them so they can go after "al Qaeda In Iraq" and turned a blind eye to them forcing the Shia out of the province. These Shia are ending up in the slums around Baghdad, like Sadir City. Even though there is reduced violence now, again, it will be breeding violence in the future. Like robbing Peter to pay Paul; doesn't work in the long run. The situation in Anbar is the same… We have struck a deal with the Sunni Insurgancy Leaders to arm them so they can go after “al Qaeda In Iraq” and turned a blind eye to them forcing the Shia out of the province. These Shia are ending up in the slums around Baghdad, like Sadir City. Even though there is reduced violence now, again, it will be breeding violence in the future. Like robbing Peter to pay Paul; doesn’t work in the long run.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139803 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:38:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139803 As long as we're nerve screaming . . . let's find out who attended those "energy conferences" with shotgun loon Cheney. Now that oil is hitting $100/barrel, inquiring minds want to know . . . Cheney should forego all profits and interests in O&G companies over which he has had an interest for the past 10 years. He, and all administration profiteers should also forego profits, interests and just in case it's not covered by the foregoing, stock options and the opportunity to affiliate or speak on behalf of the aforementioned O&G interests EVER. No doubt Bush wants to luxuriate in these same perks, deny those same perks to ALL government retirees. Pelosi, that goes for you too. For too long, we have been deceived. Stop it. All of you.l As long as we’re nerve screaming . . . let’s find out who attended those “energy conferences” with shotgun loon Cheney. Now that oil is hitting $100/barrel, inquiring minds want to know . . . Cheney should forego all profits and interests in O&G companies over which he has had an interest for the past 10 years. He, and all administration profiteers should also forego profits, interests and just in case it’s not covered by the foregoing, stock options and the opportunity to affiliate or speak on behalf of the aforementioned O&G interests EVER.

No doubt Bush wants to luxuriate in these same perks, deny those same perks to ALL government retirees. Pelosi, that goes for you too.

For too long, we have been deceived. Stop it. All of you.l

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139802 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:29:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139802 Hit a nerve . . . Hit a nerve . . .

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139800 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:24:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139800 Hey, Stupid Republic, Where are you? Hey, Stupid Republic, Where are you?

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139795 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:11:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139795 Stupedity, More than a couple of thousand American died I"N THIS COUNTRY due to “Islamic Americans";. Granted, the "Islamic Americans" were actually a product of Saudi Arabia in America on fake VISAs. You are absolutely correct: NONE of the 9/11 hijackers were American citizens. In my world, that just points to serious problems with American immigration and Customs' policies [oh yeah, and misbegotten hatred for the US, the President's illiteracy, and the failure of the Secret Service to acknowledge that "The President Can't Read." - Mind you that, even though he neglected to read "Bin Laden plans to fly planes into the World Trade Center" memo, he can still relate to kindergartners about the trials and tribulations of a goat"]. Oh yeah, Al Q tried to blow up the WTC before, the Kirr (sp?) the embassies in Kenya, et nausem, but, who woulda thunk? No, they weren't American citizens. Who woulda thunk? Clark maybe? Clinton maybe? any number of Secret Service and FBI agents that tried to warn dub'ya as he pretended to be a "cowboy" on his ranch while demonstrating his machismo by not reading his top secret, extra-secret, special, horribly scary briefings. As a Texan who knows, dub'ya was in a classic state of denial . . . too f**g scared . . . he knew, but was paralyzed and hoping for the best. . . . hardly the profile of courage. Didn't want to land in NO following the hurricane b/c, Rove siad it had the potential, in the aftermath, to become a "Red State." Berke Breathed . . . .Please, come out from hiding. Stupedity,

More than a couple of thousand American died I”N THIS COUNTRY due to “Islamic Americans”;. Granted, the “Islamic Americans” were actually a product of Saudi Arabia in America on fake VISAs.

You are absolutely correct: NONE of the 9/11 hijackers were American citizens.

In my world, that just points to serious problems with American immigration and Customs’ policies [oh yeah, and misbegotten hatred for the US, the President's illiteracy, and the failure of the Secret Service to acknowledge that "The President Can't Read." - Mind you that, even though he neglected to read "Bin Laden plans to fly planes into the World Trade Center" memo, he can still relate to kindergartners about the trials and tribulations of a goat"].

Oh yeah, Al Q tried to blow up the WTC before, the Kirr (sp?) the embassies in Kenya, et nausem, but, who woulda thunk?

No, they weren’t American citizens. Who woulda thunk? Clark maybe? Clinton maybe? any number of Secret Service and FBI agents that tried to warn dub’ya as he pretended to be a “cowboy” on his ranch while demonstrating his machismo by not reading his top secret, extra-secret, special, horribly scary briefings.

As a Texan who knows, dub’ya was in a classic state of denial . . . too f**g scared . . . he knew, but was paralyzed and hoping for the best. . . . hardly the profile of courage.

Didn’t want to land in NO following the hurricane b/c, Rove siad it had the potential, in the aftermath, to become a “Red State.”

Berke Breathed . . . .Please, come out from hiding.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139791 The Republic of Stupidity Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:58:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139791 The fact that you haven’t done so makes you all complicit in the process. Comment by rockyroad — October 31, 2007 @ 1:47 am Hate to burst yer bubble Rocky, but there haven't been any deaths IN THIS COUNTRY due to "Islamic Americans". NONE of the 9/11 hijackers were American citizens. So, WTF are you babbling about? The fact that you haven’t done so makes you all complicit in the process.

Comment by rockyroad — October 31, 2007 @ 1:47 am

Hate to burst yer bubble Rocky, but there haven’t been any deaths IN THIS COUNTRY due to “Islamic Americans”. NONE of the 9/11 hijackers were American citizens. So, WTF are you babbling about?

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139788 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:52:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139788 We're all in this together . . . come on people now, rely on your brother . . . rely on one another right now. RIGHT NOW. We’re all in this together . . . come on people now, rely on your brother . . . rely on one another right now. RIGHT NOW.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139785 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:49:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139785 If killing and hatred is not your way, stop it. Report to the FBI and reach out to religious organizations that support open-mindedness. Reach out to the Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherians, Jews, Catholics If killing and hatred is not your way, stop it. Report to the FBI and reach out to religious organizations that support open-mindedness. Reach out to the Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherians, Jews, Catholics

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139783 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:47:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139783 Death be not proud . . . The Islamic people must stand up. Do not act as door mats. Saudi Arabia must change its ways. Every Islamic American must stand up. You must know that in order to enjoy the freedoms of the American promise, you must stand tall. If you can't, you invite, if not deserve, the terrible consequences of your religion's attributes. Methodists are not killing Americans, nor are Presbyterians . . . Islamic radicals are. . . . .promise you . . . if Methodists were killing, we Methodists would put a quick end to the problem. . . We would disavow them as Methodists, we would weed oul the trouble makers, we would turn them in. The fact that you haven't done so makes you all complicit in the process. Death be not proud . . .

The Islamic people must stand up. Do not act as door mats. Saudi Arabia must change its ways.

Every Islamic American must stand up. You must know that in order to enjoy the freedoms of the American promise, you must stand tall.

If you can’t, you invite, if not deserve, the terrible consequences of your religion’s attributes.

Methodists are not killing Americans, nor are Presbyterians . . . Islamic radicals are.

. . . .promise you . . . if Methodists were killing, we Methodists would put a quick end to the problem. . . We would disavow them as Methodists, we would weed oul the trouble makers, we would turn them in. The fact that you haven’t done so makes you all complicit in the process.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139780 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:31:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139780 Waterboard me . . . I'll tell you whatever you want to hear . . . Drown me in a passion of sorrows . . . I have nothing to live for . . . What exactly do you want to hear? Waterboard me . . .

I’ll tell you whatever you want to hear . . .

Drown me in a passion of sorrows . . .

I have nothing to live for . . .

What exactly do you want to hear?

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139776 rockyroad Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:21:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139776 "When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out." Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984). . . . and so they shot me . . . mercenaries and all . . . and got immunity. No one was there to speak for me . . . my headless body was buried . . . I could not fight back for my country . . . the numbers of my countrymen were down . . . We've lived here for centuries . . . or did before Bush liberated us and brought democracy to the now dead. God bless the USA . . . ? Waterboard me please . . . my family is . . . well . . . gone. “When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.”

Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984).

. . . and so they shot me . . .

mercenaries and all . . . and got immunity.

No one was there to speak for me . . . my headless body was buried . . . I could not fight back for my country . . .

the numbers of my countrymen were down . . .

We’ve lived here for centuries . . . or did before Bush liberated us and brought democracy to the now dead.

God bless the USA . . . ?

Waterboard me please . . . my family is . . . well . . . gone.

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139750 Chocolate Jesus Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:25:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139750 so where is bigfoot telling us we should ignore this report because the Government Accoutability Office is nothing but accountants and we shouldnt let accoutants run the war? Bigfoot thinks only politicians with 5 deferments should be allowed to have relevant opinions. so where is bigfoot telling us we should ignore this report because the Government Accoutability Office is nothing but accountants and we shouldnt let accoutants run the war? Bigfoot thinks only politicians with 5 deferments should be allowed to have relevant opinions.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139748 MapleStreet Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:16:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139748 Kind of like the old joke of the person who kills their mother and father and then asks the court for leniency as they are an orphan: Once you kill off the opposition, you can't kill them again. Kind of like the old joke of the person who kills their mother and father and then asks the court for leniency as they are an orphan:

Once you kill off the opposition, you can’t kill them again.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139718 toasterhead Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:26:59 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139718 <i>See, this is the good news that the biased liberal media won’t print. Comment by Merlin — October 30, 2007 @ 11:02 pm</i> Yeah. They must be too busy printing the facts instead. See, this is the good news that the biased liberal media won’t print.

Comment by Merlin — October 30, 2007 @ 11:02 pm

Yeah. They must be too busy printing the facts instead.

]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139698 Merlin Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:02:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139698 <em>The “violence is thankfully coming down,” said White House spokesperson Dana Perino. Violence is “down significantly from last year,” declared President Bush.</em> See, this is the good news that the biased liberal media won't print. The “violence is thankfully coming down,” said White House spokesperson Dana Perino. Violence is “down significantly from last year,” declared President Bush.

See, this is the good news that the biased liberal media won’t print.

]]> By: Imichael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139684 Imichael Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:50:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139684 If Bush and his cohorts are not in hell when I die then God is truly f**cked up. If Bush and his cohorts are not in hell when I die then God is truly f**cked up.

]]> By: texaslady http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139546 texaslady Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:45:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139546 Oops that was a question for #14. And Texas's Constituition has a clause for seceeding if we want. But now so many Yankees have moved down doubt if they would want to leave the Union. Oops that was a question for #14. And Texas’s Constituition has a clause for seceeding if we want. But now so many Yankees have moved down doubt if they would want to leave the Union.

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139527 had enough Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:36:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139527 <em>‘Ethnically Cleansed Neighborhoods’</em> Isn't this the ultimate goal of the murderous giggling idiots anyway? ‘Ethnically Cleansed Neighborhoods’
Isn’t this the ultimate goal of the murderous giggling idiots anyway?

]]> By: texaslady http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139526 texaslady Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:36:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139526 #17 Excuse me but exactly what is it that Blue States have been supplying Texas? With the influx of Blue Staters coming down every year and staying they must be liking something. I haven't seen such an influx since the late 70's. The oil from Corpus and Houston all go North. So far, our economy, jobs and housing are booming. So what is it we are getting from you all. #17 Excuse me but exactly what is it that Blue States have been supplying Texas? With the influx of Blue Staters coming down every year and staying they must be liking something. I haven’t seen such an influx since the late 70’s. The oil from Corpus and Houston all go North. So far, our economy, jobs and housing are booming. So what is it we are getting from you all.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/comment-page-1/#comment-4139504 toasterhead Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:20:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/sigir-report-oct07/#comment-4139504 <i>Maybe Israel can be split into two regions - what do you think? Comment by republicans hate facts — October 30, 2007 @ 9:03 pm</i> It'll never work. You can't have a two state solution in which one state is swiss cheese and the other state is the holes. I'm a fan of the one-state Federation of the Holy Land solution myself, but it's not getting much traction except from a few scholars. Maybe Israel can be split into two regions – what do you think?

Comment by republicans hate facts — October 30, 2007 @ 9:03 pm

It’ll never work. You can’t have a two state solution in which one state is swiss cheese and the other state is the holes.

I’m a fan of the one-state Federation of the Holy Land solution myself, but it’s not getting much traction except from a few scholars.

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